This is my fault. All of it. So many people have died for me, for my stupid act in the 74th Hunger Games. And I hate myself for it.
Me and Delly, who is currently sleeping, have been shoved into a small cupboard by the Capitol soldier earlier. I push the cupboard door open slightly and I peer out.
From of the corner of my eye I see something. It's the business-y man from our carriage, crawling underneath a chair.
"Mockingjay! Get back in! I'll get help!" he whispers harshly
He points at his phone indicating he will call someone. I decide to trust him because he reminds me of Boggs. And the fact that he called me Mockingjay. Last time someone called me that was right before I killed Coin.
I close the cupboard door and I lean back. I must have been in here for an hour or so, and my back is starting to hurt. Suddenly, the train stopped. Great. It can either be that we are being rescued, or they took over the train. I suspect the latter. I close my eyes, trying to sleep. I mean what else can I do? I don't even hope that someone comes and rescues me, because I deserve to die. I wonder if I'll meet the people I killed when I go to heaven. Wait, I'm not going to heaven. Just hell.
~Gale's POV~
It's 3, so it's nearly the end of my workday and I'm so glad. At 6 I'll be able to go to my family's house and eat a special dinner that my mother cooked. It's Vick's 12th birthday so we are celebrating. If we were still in Snow's control, this would be a terrible day because from now on Vick would be eligible for the Hunger Games, but thankfully that cruel, horrendous idiot is dead.
I'm sorting out some papers when the phone rings. I lead a rescue team in District 2 so there must be some emergency somewhere. The weird thing is, if there is an emergency it usually goes to the secretary and then passed to me. Well, what difference does it make? I take a look at the screen and it's my boss. Lance Preston, one of the most important double agent from the Capitol who was one of Plutarch Heavensbee's good friends. I know he's in District 12 for a meeting with new the mayor there and he's coming back tomorrow but this is the first time he's called me on my office phone, because I have a personal phone but I never really use it because I still can't get used to these fancy technology even after a year of living in District 2.
I pick up the phone and before I get a chance to say hello Preston harshly whispers:
''Hawthorne! I need you to send me us a rescue team immediately! Some Capitol soldiers have hijacked the train I'm in and we're stuck in the tunnel to enter 2! Hurry up and use a hovercraft, and lots of soldiers!''
Before I get a chance to say anything back he has already gone.
I summon my rescue team of around 20 and briefly tell them our battle strategy and then we quickly hop on two small hovercrafts, splitting into teams of ten so we can block the entrance and exit. It doesn't take long to reach the tunnel since it's fairly near. We climb down the rope ladder and head to the front of the tunnel, whilst the other team block the back in case they try to escape. Preston didn't tell me how many Capitol Soldiers there are, but I'm guessing we outnumber them since Capitolites are nearly extinct.
One of the bigger soldiers in my rescue team slams himself into the train door several times before it finally opens. We find the Capitol people in the first carriage discussing their plan when we attack them. They must have been very stupid and deaf not to hear us come in. I guess we got lucky. I'm guessing there are some more Capitol Soldiers in the train, so I handcuff them and I instruct some soldiers to go back to the hovercraft at the entrance. Me and 2 other soldiers check every carriage and lead the passengers to safety. We find a Capitol Soldier hiding cowardly in a small cupboard and we cuff him then bring him back to the hovercraft. Since the train is very small it doesn't take us long to get to the end and we repeat the procedure. Check every cupboard. Under chairs. Toilets. When we were nearly finished and ready to go, I see a small hidden cupboard by the back and I decide to check it.
I get the biggest shock of my life when I see who is in it.
Katniss and another girl.
Her eyes flutter open and shock registers her face.
''Hey Catnip.'' I mutter, trying to keep calm
''Gale''
A/N Ooh excitement! Didn't expect their reunion to turn out this way, eh?
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